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Proud of my Corporator?

5 April 2010 - 11:53pm — Srivatsava

I just went across the profile of the candidate whom has won the BBMP election from my ward. I 'shamefully' admit to have voted for this person. Given that I had little info on the three candidates contesting, I just went by the party.

Now, I do realise that this great person is a 2nd PUC failure!!

Do you have any better luck, corporators that you be proud of?

And, considering that we have pushed ourselves in the levels of education since the Constitution was drafted in 1950, and considering that the urban electorate is a little more educated than the semi-urban or rural parts - Isnt it the time for us to review the minimal educational requirements of our candidates, atleast for urban local bodies?

With only such candidates on offer, can we ever expect them to understand the various issues of administration, let alone solve them? Your thoughts, rants, and solutions appreciated!!

-Srivatsava V

Soapbox Session: Politics of 74th Amendment

5 April 2010 - 10:38pm — shekhar_mittal
11 Apr 2010 15:00
Asia/Calcutta

The BBMP elections are over. The results are out.

We have been hearing a lot about implementation of the 74th Amendment. What is it? Why is it so important? Why are our leaders wary of implementing it?

The next soapbox is "74th amendment" explained. I have a feeling. This topic will get our juices flowing :)

Speaker: Vishwanath Srikantaiah ( Zenrainman)
Topic: Politics of 74th Amendment
Category of Topic: Politics, Citizen Participation,Democracy
Time: 3pm
Venue: Cubbon Park, Opposite Tennis Stadium
Date: 11th April Sunday

 
In case you need help with directions feel free to get in touch with me (9611115671) or Bala Yesu (9980940872).

Confirm your presence. Mark your calendar.

How about a public transportation Index?

5 April 2010 - 10:26am — silkboard

On the lines of this water index project, how about a separate group of people come forward to build a public transportation index for Bengaluru? Idea would be to build a single number, publish it month over month or quarter over quarter to show some trends on how public transportation related investments or policy changes are working for our city.

It is tempting to try a traffic and transportation index instead. But public transport is the bigger and better defined service that citizens want to consume. Traffic is a different beast, it caters to movement of goods and private as well as public means of mobility.

Unlike for water domain, transportation area may already have with lot of published data points. Further, thanks to a Wilbur Smith report for MoUD (Central Ministry of Urban Development), a lot of thinking too is available to borrow from.

JP (Jayaprakash Narayan) of Lok Satta - public event in Bangalore

4 April 2010 - 7:22pm — sanjayv
6 Apr 2010 17:00
6 Apr 2010 18:30
Asia/Calcutta

The president of Lok Satta party will be in Bangalore on Tuesday and will hold a Public Interaction. 

VENUE-----------ROTARY HOUSE OF FRIENDSHIP,

                         NEXT TO HOTEL RAMA
                         LAVELLE ROAD.

Interested folks are welcome.

Route Search is available on BMTC Website

4 April 2010 - 8:50am — kbsyed61

Happened to visit the BMTC website to check if anything has changed. Got a surprise to find that its link for 'Route Search' is active and it did allows route search.

Searched few routes and seems to the results presented were correct and useful. here is the link for BMTC route Search

http://www.yulopindia.com/bmtc//index.php/bus/redirect_to_route_search

Vinod,s8, srivatsava, manish, could you all pls check this out and report if this feature reports the correct routes and people can rely on the results for planning their travel in Bengaluru.

Syed

IISc Alumina Association (IIScAA) Science Forum – Popular Lecture Series

3 April 2010 - 8:51pm — psaram42

To enhance the scientific temperament amongst the community at large and inspire young aspirants in particular, IIScAA Science Forum – Popular Lecture Series was launched today at the Faculty Hall at IISc campus. It was hoped to promote the quality of the dialogue on the new roles and challenges of scientific knowledge within today’s global society. 

IIScAA Science Forum would be disseminating the emerging frontiers of Science & Technology globally to the society, along with history & philosophy, discoveries, inventions, revolutions, limitations, use & abuse of Science & Technology and the impact of Science & Technology on society. The IIScAA Science Forum will also share with the society the contribution of IISc in Science & Technology by arranging Lectures by eminent scientists of repute from IISc & outside. 

“Learn your way” awareness campaign

3 April 2010 - 7:57pm — surajnair
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Organize an awareness campaign for encouraging Open Schooling in Bangalore.

The students of CSIM, Bangalore, are organizing “Learn your way”, an awareness campaign for encouraging Open Schooling in Bangalore. This is an event

Water Index parameters

3 April 2010 - 7:12pm — shekhar_mittal

Participants: Vishwanath Sir, Jenny, Rajesh Shah, Neha Dar, Rithesh, Shekhar, Srivatsva, Swati Dandekar
 

We met today at Alliance Francaise to define the scope of the water index and chalk out our next steps.


The scope of the index has been divided into 5 categories. The following is an initial list of parameters we came up with during the meeting. This list will continue to be built incrementally before we finalise a stable index.

1. Pipe Water

    a. Hours of Supply

    b. Coverage - Percentage of households having a bwssb connection.

    c. Unaccounted for Water- Calculated by measuring the amount of water that BWSSB bills to the amount of water that it supplies.

    d. Slum Coverage - Percentage coverage in slums. BWSSB mandates that every household in a slum must be given a water connection.

Town Planning –Principles Summary

3 April 2010 - 2:36pm — psaram42

 Town planning principles are age old. Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) who visited Bangalore in his days, classified the towns in three main categories depending on three stages of development:- 

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  3. Tertiary 

Here is a Lewis Mum ford book  “The city in history: its origins, its transformations, and its prospects” review :- 

Census 2011 - Our Census, Our Future

3 April 2010 - 3:59am — kbsyed61

Here is an interesting media report on Census 2011. It gives a sneak preview of what is being done in census. It seems an important exercize before India embarks on UAID project implementation.

Courtsey - www.rediff.com

"...What is census? How is it useful?

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